Silent War: Remote Warfare and the Politics of Silence (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781526169532)

Silent war reveals how silence functions as a crucial but often overlooked force in enabling and sustaining military violence. While war propaganda and discursive justifications have received significant attention, this book argues that military operations also depend on a hidden infrastructure of silence - through omission, secrecy, and tacit consent. Focusing on drone warfare and colonial counterinsurgency, it explores how regimes of (not) listening shape what can and cannot be heard. Drawing on a multidisciplinary framework and extensive empirical research - including analysis of Western parliamentary debates, UN documents, media coverage, and archival records - Silent war traces the enduring role of silence in legitimising imperial violence. It reframes silence not as absence but as a constitutive force in global power relations, offering critical tools for interrogating dominant frameworks of military violence and opening space for listening otherwise.

Author: Elisabeth Schweiger
ISBN-10: 1526169533
ISBN-13: 9781526169532
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/28/2026
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d